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6-11W.....8.-... ~ NORSK POLARINSTITUTT CM} RAPPORTSERlE J'.t;POLARINS~' NR. 54 OSLO 1989 TORE GJELSVIK: PLACE-NAMES OF HEIMEFRONTFJELLA AND LINGETOPPANE, DRONNING MAUD LAND, ANTARCTICA NORSK POLARINSTITUTT RAPPORTSERlE NR. 54 OSLO 1989 TORE GJELSVIK: PLACE-NAMES OF HEIMEFRONTFJELLA AND LINGETOPPANE, DRONNING MAUD LAND, ANTARCTICA Tore Gjelsvik Norsk Polarinstitutt Rolfstangveien 12 1330 OSLO LUFTHAVN PLACE-NAMES OF HEIMEFRONTFJELLA AND LINGETOPPANE, DRONNING MAUD LAND, ANTARCTICA The mountain range Heimejrontfjella,in western Dronning Maud Land, is named in honour of the national resistance organizationswhich opposed the Nazi occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945. These organizations had various functions: Milorg (the Military Resistance Organization) established secret military groups; Sivorg (the Civil Resistance Organization) was a conglomerate of groups, encouraging and guiding opposition to the Norwegian Nazi Party by organizing civil disobedience, the production of illegal (free) newspapers, and aiding imprisoned patriots and their families. Abbreviations such as HL (Heimefrontleiinga), KK (Koordinasjonskomiteen) and SL (Sentralledelsen) refer to the central bodies in charge of these activities. XV was the name of the largest organization for military intelligence, the most important and dangerous illegal activity during the occupation. The various geographic units in Heimefrontfjella are named after some of the many members of these organizations that made outstanding contributions to the Resistance. Many of them were arrested, tortured, confined in jails or concentration camps and even executed. Jf fortunate, they were able to escape to England or Sweden when hunted by the Gestapo. Particular attention is given to the pioneers of the Resistance. The Ungetoppane mountains (map sheets Schirmacheroasen (L4) and Starheimstind (M4» are named in honour of the members of a company of Norwegian commandos operating behind German lines in Norway during the Second World War.
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